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Crisis Management Lessons From Boeing’s 737 Max Disasters

PRSay

Gordon Johndroe , vice president of global media relations and public affairs for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer, spoke to members of PRSA’s Corporate Communications Section in the Nov. 5 webinar “Crisis Management on an International Stage: Takeaways from Boeing’s Biggest Crisis and Time Spent in the West Wing.”.

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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

PRSay

Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It It seems like my life here is a perpetual crisis,” said Gediman, a longtime PRSA member. Do you also manage social media for the park?

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”.

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Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

PR Conversations

Perhaps convincing employers that ongoing post-crisis support, including counselling and respite leave, could be tied to such statistics so the cost of losing experienced staff members post-crisis is understood. Second, I’d like to consider more the notion of superhero status in crisis management.

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

Note: This interview was conducted before Aaron and PRSA NY spoke out and drew greater attention to the Crain’s Story on the horrible actions of Ronn Torossian. I started in Washington DC in Public Affairs and Crisis Management. Still am a crisis guy and always will be, I think.

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The art of winning new business and crisis management: A Q&A with Clyde Group Partner Aubrey Quinn

NewsWhip

Clyde Group is a high-growth, PR & Public Affairs firm with a tremendous track record of success in Washington. After ranking up a litany of industry awards and nominations in such a short period of time, we wanted to check in with Aubrey Quinn, Partner and Managing Director, to learn more. And how does data shape these?

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Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Livecast talking Crisis PR

The Stalwart Blog

There’s a ton of content, past video information, and interviews so you can kind of pick through it and figure out what’s important to you. I started actually as a Navy officer, turned Navy public affairs officer. Dave Oates: Sure. I’ve been in the PR business for about 25 years.

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